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New Chief Inspector of Ofsted
The new Chief Inspector of Ofsted will know he is taking over an organisation in which the profession has lost trust.
Six unions ask urgent questions of Gillian Keegan about RAAC-affected schools
The general secretaries of six unions - GMB, NAHT, NASUWT, NEU, UNISON and Unite – have written a joint letter to the Secretary of State for Education calling for an update on the extent of her Department’s research into RAAC-affected schools.
Labour’s education pledge
Labour’s policy announcement could mark the end of the deluge of illogical, draconian and ill-informed policies imposed on schools.
Seeing beyond the test scores
A West Yorkshire member on their light touch approach to making pupils 'secondary ready', not 'SATs ready'.
Joint letter on STRB delay
Union leaders call on Education Secretary to stop delaying school pay review body recommendations
Sutton Trust on Social Mobility
Poverty and disadvantage can have severe impacts on children’s educational experience
NAO reports on state of school buildings
These reports show the Goverment has failed to maintain the school estate or improve its resilience. The era of hoping such problems will go away of their own accord is over.
State of education 2023: recruitment and retention
16% of teachers plan to leave in two years, and 41% plan to be gone within five.
State of education 2023: mental health
A quarter of respondents say they have no access to CAMHS for their students and 80% say that excessive workload is a barrier to getting the right help for their pupils.
State of education 2023: child poverty
94% of teachers and 97% of support staff respondents believe that poverty or low income affects learning.